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PresidentsPrg2010

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President's Program

Monday, April 26

7:30-9:00pm

NJLA President (2009-2010) Susan Briant encourages you to attend this fun and informative program!

(Co-sponsored by the History And Preservation Section)

Photo of Susan Briant, NJLA President 2009-2010

NJ : More than the Soprano State

Dr. Marc Mappen and Bob Ingle, two noted NJ authors, will discuss different perspectives of NJ, as they relate to the Sopranos and New Jersey history and legend. This interesting discussion will take you on a lively romp through NJ history from the primitive past to the present day. Real, wise, and tall tales filled with zest, humor, scandal, and occasional tragedy will be told by one of NJ's premier historians and storytellers. Dr. Mappen (There's More to New Jersey than the Sopranos) will talk about luminaries, such as Annie Oakley, Ulysses S. Grant, Benedict Arnold, Ezra Pound, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and many others and their common bonds with NJ. (Step aside Tony Soprano: mobster Al Capone strolled the boards at Atlantic City!) The program concludes with another Soprano perspective. Bob Ingle (The Soprano State) will answer questions and give his views on NJ politics and government. These renowned authors will entertain and educate you about NJ while offering humor and relaxation. Get your copies of their works signed, after the program!

Dr. Marc Mappen has been described by the New York Times as "the eminent New Jersey historian." He is the coeditor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of New Jersey and author of Jerseyana: The Underside of New Jersey History (both Rutgers University Press.) He has also written the book There's More to New Jersey than the Sopranos, http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/Theres_More_to_New_Jersey_than_the_Sopranos.html. He has been interviewed on the History Channel and National Public Radio. Dr. Mappen holds a Ph.D. in American History and is a retired dean of Rutgers University.

Bob Ingle is the co-author of The Soprano State, http://www.thesopranostate.com, which is coming soon as a major motion picture. He is also a veteran journalist of the Associated Press, Bureau Chief of Gannett's Trenton Office, a syndicated columnist and radio personality on Jersey Guys 101.5 show.

Photo of Marc Mappen